Tales of the Night

This article is about the 1992 television special. For the 2011 feature film, see Tales of the Night (film). For the 1997 book by Peter Høeg, see Tales of the Night (book).

Tales of the Night (French: Les Contes de la nuit) is a 1992^[4] French silhouette animation television special^[4] written and directed by Michel Ocelot. It aired on Canal+ in France, ZDF in Germany and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.^[5] It is a trilogy of three further fairy tales in much the same format as Ciné si.

Tales of the Night
Still from the segment "Le Prince des joyaux."
Created by	Michel Ocelot
Written by	Michel Ocelot
Directed by	Michel Ocelot
Starring	Sophie Edmond Cyrille Artaux Eric Bottom Philippe Destre Pierre Jarillon Patrice Leroy
Theme music composer	Alain Marchal[1]
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
Production
Producer	Didier Brunner[2]
Editor	Michèle Péju[3]
Running time	26 minutes
Original release
Network	Canal+
Release	1992 (1992)
Related
Ciné si (1989) Dragons et Princesses (2010)

Plot

A boy, a girl and an old technician get together in an abandoned cinema to invent stories, the boy and the girl play after then made costumes. The three stories are "La Belle Fille et le sorcier" ("The Pretty Girl and the Sorcerer"), "Bergère qui danse" ("The Dancing Shepherdess") and "Le Prince des joyaux" ("The Prince of Jewels").^[4] Unlike La Princesse insensible and Ciné si, Tales of the Night is on 35mm film.^[6]

Release

"Le Prince des joyaux" was also shown in French cinemas in 1994^[7] (and later released on VHS)^[8] as part of the Folimage-organised package film Le Petit Cirque et autres contes.^[9] All three individual segments (though still lacking the original opening, ending and bridging segments) were made available on DVD-Video with the release of Les Trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot in 2008.^[3]

References

1. "Petit Cirque et autres contes" (Press release) (in French). Cinéma[s] LE FRANCE. Archived from the original (Portable Document Format) on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
2. Brunner, Didier. "Producer's notes on Kirikou and the Sorceress". Kirikou.net. ArtMattan Productions. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
3. Ocelot, Michel (Director) (22 October 2008). Les Trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot (DVD). Paris: France Télévisions.
4. Pilling, Jayne (2001). "Filmographies". 2D and Beyond. Animation. Hove: RotoVision. pp. 153. ISBN 2-88046-445-5.
5. Princes et princesses (Filmography) (in French). Michel Ocelot. Paris, France: France Télévisions. 2004 [2000]. EDV 174.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. "Folimage – Prog 5 : Le Petit Cirque et autres contes". Cinémathèque.fr (in French). La Cinémathèque française. 2005. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
7. "Le Petit Cirque et autres contes – film de Michaël Dudok de Wit – Cinéma". EVENE.fr (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
8. "Le Petit Cirque et autres contes". HEEZA.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2008.
9. "Brochure Petit Cirque" (PDF) (Press release) (in French). Folimage. Retrieved 2 November 2008.

External links

• Interview with excerpts from "Le Prince des joyaux"
• Another interview with stills from all three stories
• Michel Ocelot short films at Le Palais des dessins animés
• Tales of the Night at IMDb